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Bilateral meeting with His Excellency Lejone Mpotjoane, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho
28/06/2024
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and His Excellency Lejone Mpotjoane, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho, met today at FAO headquarters in Rome.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Ismael Nabe, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Republic of Guinea
27/06/2024
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and H.E. Ismael Nabe, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Republic of Guinea, met today at FAO headquarters in Rome. The Minister was joined at the meeting by Her Excellency Aminata Kobélé Keita, Ambassador, and Permanent Representative to FAO, and Mr Alphadio Idriss Hann, National Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.
FAO is grateful to the Government of Italy for providing 7 million euros to refurbish the agency’s Rome headquarters
25/06/2024
Rome – FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today expressed his gratitude to Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for providing 7 million euros to support a major refurbishment of the agency’s Rome headquarters.
Complementarity and collaboration are “key and evident,” Director-General says
21/06/2024
Actions and strategies reviewed at the Seventh Informal Joint Meeting of the FAO Council, IFAD Executive Board and WFP Executive Board
Farmers welcomed as “game-changers” of agrifood systems
18/06/2024
Director-General welcomes World Farmers' Organisation to FAO-hosted annual meeting
FAO continues to do more and better, but needs more resources QU Dongyu tells Council
14/06/2024
FAO requires $2.1 billion to assist 49 million people in 2024, but by the end of May only 13.1 percent had been funded.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. José Maria Pereira Neves, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde
14/06/2024
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. José Maria Pereira Neves, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, met today at FAO headquarters in Rome.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Frank K. Tumwebaze, Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of Uganda
13/06/2024
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Frank K. Tumwebaze, Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of Uganda, met today at FAO headquarters in Rome on the margins of the 175th Session of the FAO Council.
QU Dongyu underlines the importance of prevention in response to Antimicrobial Resistance in agrifood systems
12/06/2024
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today highlighted the urgent nature of the challenge posed by Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) stressing the critical need for coordinated cross-sectoral action.
QU Dongyu inaugurates the International Year of Camelids 2024 exhibition
11/06/2024
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today inaugurated an exhibition hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia showcasing the evolution of the camelid sector in the country, as part of the global campaign for the International Year of Camelids 2024.
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